Qixiong ruqun, which can also be referred as Qixiong shanqun, also known as "chest-high ruqun", is a type of clothing in hanfu, the traditional Chinese clothing worn by Han Chinese people. The qixiong
A Chinese lady wearing qixiong shanqun (齊胸衫裙), a style of ruqun popular in China during the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty.
Women wearing early forms of Qixiong ruqun with shoulder straps, Northern Qi (550-577 AD).
Musicians wearing qixiong ruqun, Sui dynasty figurines.
Sui dynasty female attendants wearing qixiong ruqun.
The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kin
Qixiong ruqun
…Chinese skirt. The qun used in the qixiong ruqun is generally tied above the bust level. It was worn by women during the Southern dynasties, Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty and Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The style was also revived in the early and middle Ming dynasty. Since the Han dynasty and Jin (Chinese…
Portrait of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566–635) dating to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Tang emissaries to the Sogdian king Varkhuman in Samarkand (648–651) – Afrasiab murals
7th-century Sogdian Huteng dancer – Xiuding temple pagoda, Anyang, Henan
Foreign ambassadors visiting the Tang court – the Portraits of Periodical Offering by Yan Liben (601–673)